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The Piegan Institute will hold a one-day history conference Nitawahsin-nanni (Our Land) which will examine Blackfeet land use practices and the ancestral landscape on Friday, August 20, 2004 at the Nizipuhwahsin School in Browning from 10:00am to 4:00PM. The conference is free and open to the public.<BR>
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The conference will be moderated by <B>Darrell Robes Kipp</B>, Executive Director of Piegan Institute, and feature presenters who will discuss land use practices, the ancestral landscape and places of significance to the Blackfeet in present day Alberta and Montana.<BR>
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<B>Narcisse Blood</B> and <B>Francis First Charger </B>from the Kainai Studies Department at Red Crow College, Alberta will discuss their on-going project on Blackfeet place names and developing a map of the Blackfeet landscape. <BR>
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<B>Gerald A. Oetelaar</B> and <B>Joy Oetelaar</B> from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary will discuss the lost landscape of the Blackfeet and understanding Blackfoot perceptions and uses of the landscape on the Northern Plains.<BR>
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<B>Glen Still Smoking</B>, a graduate student in the Anthropology Department at the University of Montana will discuss Blackfeet uses of pisskan or buffalo jumps across ancestral Blackfeet territory.<BR>
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Piegan Institute is a private not-for-profit organization with programs dedicated to researching, promoting and preserving the Blackfeet language. This conference is co-sponsored by the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West and the Native American Studies Department at the University of Montana. <BR>
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For more information on the conference or directions to Nizipuhwahsin please call Rosalyn LaPier at 406-338-3518 or rrlapier@pieganinstitute.org.<BR>
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<B>Rosalyn LaPier</B><BR>
Piegan Institute<BR>
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